Dr. Salekin's Contributions
Dr. Salekin has a number of original contributions to the field of psychology and the field of psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and conduct disorder.
These include:
Dr. Salekin initiated research on 3 specifiers (as opposed to one) for Conduct Disorder (including grandiose-manipulative traits, callous-unemotional traits, and daring-impulsive traits). This research effort was initiated to better understand the etiology and treatment of the condition.
He was the first to design a measure with the long-term goal of testing specifiers for Conduct Disorder - named the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD).
Dr Salekin was original in questioning the clinical lore that psychopathy was an untreatable disorder.
Dr. Salekin initiated research on meta-analyzing the relation between psychopathy and recidivism.
Dr. Salekin along with Dr. Lynam wrote the first Handbook on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy.
Dr. Salekin also helped structure the assessment of juvenile offenders (RST-I).
These include:
Dr. Salekin initiated research on 3 specifiers (as opposed to one) for Conduct Disorder (including grandiose-manipulative traits, callous-unemotional traits, and daring-impulsive traits). This research effort was initiated to better understand the etiology and treatment of the condition.
He was the first to design a measure with the long-term goal of testing specifiers for Conduct Disorder - named the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD).
Dr Salekin was original in questioning the clinical lore that psychopathy was an untreatable disorder.
Dr. Salekin initiated research on meta-analyzing the relation between psychopathy and recidivism.
Dr. Salekin along with Dr. Lynam wrote the first Handbook on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy.
Dr. Salekin also helped structure the assessment of juvenile offenders (RST-I).